Chapter 255: Chapter 255

After the final meridian was connected, ten hours had already passed, and Pei Shu’er was so exhausted she almost fainted.

Then she sprinkled some Spiritual Spring Water on Tang Zan’s wound surface to promote healing.

After the wound was sutured, Pei Shu’er sprinkled it one more time before wrapping Tang Zan’s leg with gauze.

"For at least a month, Tang Zan should not put weight on his foot."

Of course, with the addition of Spiritual Spring Water, the recovery process would be greatly accelerated, but to be cautious, a month was still advisable.

The three people were already exhausted beyond measure. Pei Shu’er hadn’t had a good sleep the previous night, and now she had spent 20 hours reconnecting meridians, her hands were aching so much she could hardly lift them.

After Tang Zan’s meridians were reconnected, Yinxing went out to open the door. Everyone was somewhat happy and came in to check on Tang Zan.

Everyone remained silent, making no noise to disturb Tang Zan’s rest.

Pei Shu’er whispered, "The surgery was very successful."

Everyone wore smiles on their faces, but the recovery effect after the reconnection, whether it would be like that of a normal person, could only be known once Tang Zan stood up.

However, no one showed any hint of disappointment on their faces.

And Tang Zan also woke up. Follow current novels on novel•fire.net

Miraculously, he felt his foot wasn’t as painful as usual, only feeling constantly hot and itchy.

He told Pei Shu’er about his reaction, and Pei Shu’er was initially stunned, then a smile curved on her lips.

"This means your wound is healing quickly."

It might be because Tang Zan had been taking pills boiled with Spiritual Spring Water and occasionally drinking the water, so now, using the undiluted Spiritual Spring Water showed such good effects.

"But you must endure and definitely not scratch."

Tang Zan nodded, being most capable of enduring.

The whole family went to eat, and Pei Shu’er saw these were not foods Tang Zan could eat, so she went to the kitchen to give some instructions.

To stew some rib soup for Tang Zan and keep his diet as light as possible.

After eating, Pei Shu’er left, suddenly thinking of something and spoke to Tang Zan.

"By the way, I noticed Shiqi also has a limp, considering he’s closely related to you, perhaps we should treat him as well?"

Tang Zan nodded, Shiqi’s limp was self-inflicted to resemble Tang Zan’s injury more closely.

Now that he was healed, the meritorious person should naturally be healed too.

"But treat him tomorrow, you’re too tired today."

Indeed exhausted, Pei Shu’er felt she couldn’t even hold a scalpel now.

In the future, Tang Zan had to drink very bitter traditional medicine every day until the injury was fully healed.

Pei Shu’er smelled the aroma and instinctively felt nauseous, it was simply too unbearable.

For those with sensitive taste, just smelling it made them throw up.

Tang Zan disliked sweet foods the most, followed by bitter ones.

A medicine so bitter it made him nauseous was something he couldn’t ingest.

Pei Shu’er originally didn’t want to pay attention to Tang Zan, but she remembered that night when he spent several hours searching the river for her, until he found her with cold hands and feet.

Pei Shu’er decided to make rock candy and preserves.

Nowadays, preserves were either made with honey.

Or maltose, but that flavor never quite matched the sweetness of rock sugar.

Luckily, she had planted some sugar beets in her space, and even on the hillside, she had sown a large patch.

Then she could take people to the hillside to harvest sugar beets and use them to make rock sugar.

Moreover, rock sugar wasn’t just for making preserves; it could also have other wonderful uses, even for seasoning.

Today Pei Shu’er was too tired to do it, so she let Tang Zan endure one day of bitterness.

She propped her chin and watched Tang Zan painfully drink the medicine, her lips slightly upturned, eyes full of laughter.

She looked unbelievably gentle this way.

It had been a long time since Tang Zan saw this side of Pei Shu’er.

His heart stirred, and he quietly sat beside Pei Shu’er, who smiled and looked at him.

"What are you doing?"

Tang Zan pursed his lips.

"I want to see how pleased you are."

Pei Shu’er smiled, stood up, and walked towards her room.

Watching the empty seat beside him, Tang Zan felt a sense of loss.

She returned to her room to catch up on sleep, and White Rice also jumped onto the bed, sleeping next to Pei Shu’er.

The next day, when she woke up, Pei Shu’er took Lin Yu and his brothers and Zhang Chao’s group of four out, but she always felt someone was following her.

The Dazi wouldn’t be able to come in, and the Deserted Mountain was so tightly guarded; it was probably Tang Zan’s people.

A shadow darted out; it was Shiqi, except he was wearing a mask at the moment.

Pei Shu’er was startled, she couldn’t help asking, "Why are you here?"

Shiqi bowed to Pei Shu’er.

"I heard the lady planned to treat my leg, so I’m here to express my gratitude."

Pei Shu’er smiled, "No need for thanks. You can have Yinxing and the others prepare, and I will treat your injury when I return."

Shiqi left, and Pei Shu’er took a few people to harvest the sugar beets, mixing those she had planted in her space among them.

That plot was only partially harvested, leaving a small part for seeds for next year.

Looking at the pile of harvested sugar beets like a small mountain, they could probably make a lot of rock sugar. If the people from the three houses didn’t need it, they could set up a free trade point nearby for exchanging goods.

This had always been her intention, and she could set up a trade point near the military camp, where there are the most people.

Moreover, besides the military camp, there were also some indigenous people nearby, although Pei Shu’er had never seen them.

Their numbers didn’t seem to be few either.

Being near the military camp was actually the most suitable.

Fortunately, they brought up several wheelbarrows when they went up the mountain.

Everyone loaded sugar beets on them, and others started pushing them, with Pei Shu’er walking alongside.

Once they reached the foot of the mountain, Pei Shu’er treated Shiqi’s leg injury. His leg wound was self-inflicted with a knife and wasn’t as severe as Tang Zan’s, making treatment simpler.

After curing Shiqi’s leg, Yinxing and the others cleaned the sugar beets.

Pei Shu’er cleaned the sugar beets, placed them in the water tower, and began juicing.

Then, after her processing, the syrup crystallized.

If in modern times, it would take many steps, but in ancient times, this was already enough.

Besides, modern rock sugar had too many additives, which she didn’t like.

Pei Shu’er immediately used winter melon to make some preserves.

While she was making them, Tang Qinghuan and Tang Shuo, the two little ones, found Pei Shu’er, eagerly eyeing the shiny food in front of them.

They smelled a sweet fragrance.

Pei Shu’er picked out two pieces she had made and set them aside to cool. The two children watched eagerly.

They kept asking, "Can we eat it yet, sister-in-law?"